Is the Wii U a failure in concept or execution?

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winston000smith said:
I've said it before and will say it again, the concept was wrong from the start.

It may irritate a vocal minority to hear it, but Nintendo tried to ride the gimmickry wave twice while the water of that media sensation has already settled.

IMO innovation should add to the gaming experience without detracting from convenience and ease of use. And without re-directing much needed funds away from power and versatility of hardware towards extravagant, poorly received controller gimmickry.

Many people take Nintendo's recent obsession with innovation for innovation's sake in a very positive light. Unfortunately, I have become a bit more cynical as the years go on. The motivation for the Wii U isn't some great salute to artistic integrity, or some honourable philosophy of gameplay over graphics. It's all about money and speculation. It probably went like this:

Nintendo: "Our last console sold incredibly well, largely due to the publicity generated by the innovative control method, lets do that again"

*Thinks of idea*

Nintendo: "Tablets are popular at the moment, it will generate a lot of publicity if we throw this out early. Get to work on Wii U"
"What shall we throw in it?"
Nintendo: "Oh, any old shit, just get it up to the current standard, maybe a bit higher to give it room to breathe."
"What about third parties, shouldn't we make it easy to program for and power it up a bit to give third parties room to get creative?"
"No, think controller! Make sure the touchscreen looks impressive, emphasize innovation. We are BRAND NINTENDO, fuck everyone else! You just wait, the money will roll in - it will be just like the Wii all over again, don't even change the name - that will be the safest possible bet"...

...*No one's that interested*

Nintendo: "Fuck, what happened!?!? But that worked before! Shit. What are we going to do?".........


........Nintendo: "Yeah, well, so what? We don't even TRY to compete with the others, yeah. We do our OWN thing. Who cares about what third parties are doing? They don't innovate. And you lot don't have Mario so ner ner ner ner ner. You lot are SOOOO MAINSTREAM. I'm taking my ball and going home."

The End.

it has a tradicional controller with a touchscreen, it's a standard generic console without that. but of course many, like you, will simply scream "GIMMICK" about it.